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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. It is uncertain whether the original meaning was:
- “discernible, obvious” from proto-meaning “to shine” as in Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“bleak, pale”); (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- “striking” from proto-meaning “to strike, to afflict” as in Lithuanian bláižyti (“to tear off, to scar”), Latvian bliêzt (“to beat”), and Latin flīgō (“to strike”). For a semantic parallel from "to beat" > "near" from a different root, note Latin pressus (“squeezed”) or Hebrew קרב, both meaning "battle", as well as "proximity".[1]
Adjective
*blizъ[1][2]
- near, proximate
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *blizъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*blizъ
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*bliza
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*blizo
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| genitive
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*bliza
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*blizy
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*bliza
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| dative
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*blizu
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*blizě
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*blizu
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| accusative
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*blizъ
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*blizǫ
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*blizo
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| instrumental
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*blizomь
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*blizojǫ
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*blizomь
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| locative
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*blizě
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*blizě
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*blizě
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| vocative
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*blize
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*blizo
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*blizo
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*bliza
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*blizě
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*blizě
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| genitive
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*blizu
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*blizu
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*blizu
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| dative
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*blizoma
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*blizama
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*blizoma
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| accusative
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*bliza
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*blizě
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*blizě
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| instrumental
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*blizoma
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*blizama
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*blizoma
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| locative
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*blizu
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*blizu
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*blizu
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| vocative
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*bliza
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*blizě
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*blizě
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*blizi
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*blizy
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*bliza
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| genitive
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*blizъ
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*blizъ
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*blizъ
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| dative
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*blizomъ
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*blizamъ
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*blizomъ
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| accusative
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*blizy
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*blizy
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*bliza
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| instrumental
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*blizy
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*blizami
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*blizy
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| locative
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*blizěxъ
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*blizaxъ
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*blizěxъ
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| vocative
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*blizi
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*blizy
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*bliza
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Definite declension of *blizъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*blizъjь
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*blizaja
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*blizoje
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| genitive
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*blizajego
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*blizyję̇
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*blizajego
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| dative
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*blizujemu
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*blizěji
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*blizujemu
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| accusative
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*blizъjь
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*blizǫjǫ
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*blizoje
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| instrumental
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*blizyjimь
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*blizǫjǫ
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*blizyjimь
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| locative
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*blizějemь
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*blizěji
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*blizějemь
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| vocative
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*blizъjь
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*blizaja
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*blizoje
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*blizaja
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*blizěji
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*blizěji
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| genitive
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*blizuju
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*blizuju
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*blizuju
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| dative
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*blizyjima
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*blizyjima
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*blizyjima
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| accusative
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*blizaja
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*blizěji
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*blizěji
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| instrumental
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*blizyjima
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*blizyjima
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*blizyjima
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| locative
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*blizuju
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*blizuju
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*blizuju
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| vocative
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*blizaja
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*blizěji
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*blizěji
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*bliziji
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*blizyję̇
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*blizaja
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| genitive
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*blizъjixъ
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*blizъjixъ
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*blizъjixъ
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| dative
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*blizyjimъ
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*blizyjimъ
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*blizyjimъ
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| accusative
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*blizyję̇
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*blizyję̇
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*blizaja
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| instrumental
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*blizyjimi
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*blizyjimi
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*blizyjimi
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| locative
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*blizyjixъ
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*blizyjixъ
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*blizyjixъ
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| vocative
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*bliziji
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*blizyję̇
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*blizaja
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Derived terms
- *blizьnьcь (“twin”)
- *blizostь (“proximity, closeness”)
- *blizъkъ (“near, close”)
- *bližati (“to neighbor”)
- *bližěnьje (“proximation, neighboring”)
- *bližiti (“to get closer”)
- *bližьnъ (“fellow, dear”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
- Russian: близ (bliz), бли́зый (blízyj) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: близ (blyz)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: близъ (blizŭ)
- Bulgarian: бли́зо (blízo) (adverb)
- Macedonian: близу (blizu) (adverb)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: бли̑з
- Latin script: blȋz
- Slovene: blìz
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blizъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 121
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “близ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blizъ I; *blizъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45: “adj. o ‘near, close’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “blizъ -a -o”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 105f., 188); a/b (PR 133)”